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25 New Year and Christmas Greeting Card Designs

Posted by Gisela Gutierrez on Dec 2, 2011 in Inspiration, Print Designs | 0 comments

Christmas presents an excellent opportunity for us to reconnect with friends and family. For businesses, Christmas is also the best time to thank our clients and business partners for the support and good partnerships. And what could be a better way to do this than by sending a Christmas greeting card? Of course, nothing beats the traditional printed cards despite of the presence of electronic and animated greeting cards. In this post, we are showcasing 25 Christmas greeting card designs to give you some inspiration in case you are in the process of conceptualizing your own unique Christmas greeting cards. To view more designs and know the intricate detail0s about each greeting card, simply follow the link provided below each preview image.

In case you are looking for Christmas card templates, please see our preview post on Christmas Photoshop templates.

01-Printing Holiday Favorites from Dolce Press
These holiday cards were printed by hand on a Vandercook proof press. These cards were printed in either metallic blue, red, or blind and are A2 size (4.25 x 5.5 folded).

02-Fresh Cut Holiday Card from Dolce Press
These cards were printed Vandercook cylinder presses (Universal III) in three colors: Green / Red / Black.The combination of green and red resulted in very nice bright colors that really pop on the paper.

03-Letterpress Love With Baker Associates by Studio on Fire
A bird themed holiday ornament cards for Baker, a Minneapolis-based company. It is a little bird (a good luck Cardinal) with an ornate frame that die cuts and punches out of thick 60 point blotter stock. It is printed two color each side.

04-Past/Present/Future
This Christmas greeting card features a 12-point Moravian star hand carved from ice which was allowed to melt while Polaroids were taken the whole day. Afterwards, the Polaroids were silver-rainbow foiled, individually numbered from a set of 225 then sent out with a business card that had been cut and scored to make a stand.

05-Christmas Card GHB 2008
A lighted Christmas card designed by Atipus for a Barcelona-based hotel.

06-Land Aid Christmas
Christmas e-card for London’s Landaid housing charity.

07-Eat, Drink and be Merry
A fun illustrated Christmas greeting card for friends, relatives and business clients.

08-Christmas Card Illustration.
The umbrella symbolizes “Shelter & Support” and it is given by Santa Claus to the destitute and needy kids. The umbrella will spring open upon received and all the gifts that teddy wishes for Christmas will come pouring down.

09-Hand Lettered Christmas Cards.
For a more personalized and creative design, here’s are excellent examples of hand lettered cards for clients and friends.Only one design is shown here. Follow the link below for more designs.

10-Wine Card
A New Year present for the partners and customers in the form of a greeting card that represents the culture of wine consumption.

11-Sparkling Christmas mailing for online research firms
Package and greeting cards for Christmas mailing of IT companies Sirvaluse and Nurago.

12-New Year Card 2011

13-Toleon New Year’s card 2012
2012 is the year of the dragon in Chinese Calendar. In this design therefore features a soaring dragon along with Toleon’s logo.

14-Christmas Greeting Cards by Concept Machine
Here are some design concepts for a Christmas greeting card. Only one design is featured below. Checkout the link to view more examples.

15-Christmas Tree Cards

16-Christmas Cardboard Poster series
Laser cut and engraved Cardboard and red acrylic poster series displayed in the halls of the University of Architecture and Urbanism in Bucharest.

17-Whimsy Whimsical Paper Goods 2011
Handmade notecards, greeting cards, invitations, tags and sticker labels for Whimsy Whimsical Paper Goods.

18-Christmas Card

19-2011 Letterpress Holiday Cards
Flocking stockings adorn this new letterpress design.The cards are printed on 100% cotton (110lb pearl white) paper in an A2 size (4.25? x 5.5? folded). We used a holiday red ink for the stockings and text, and a simple black ink for the clothes line.

20-Logo Christmas Greeting Cards
As personal branding, the author created a greeting card using only elements of a personal logo.

21-Handcrafted Christmas Card
This card was created by cutting a small card, then a ribbon was glued on the card. To accessorize, some silver decorations were added.

22-Here is another set of Christmas cards with some sheet music and golden ribbons and stars as decorations. A hand stamped tree was also added. They come with handmade golden envelopes.

23-Quilling Christmas Cards
A personal project, Christmas cards, for friends and family.

24-University of Worcester Christmas Card 2010
The card was designed to be the official Christmas card of the University of Worcester. The iconic Christmas characters are seen graduating in the official University colors.